Smoking product jacket device and method

ABSTRACT

A smoking product jacket is disclosed. The smoking product jacket includes a combustible, hollow cylindrical tube, a side flap attached to an outside surface of the cylindrical tube, and a tip. The smoking product jacket is useful for providing a backflip smoking experience with a flap to burn away for the user&#39;s enjoyment.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

This invention relates to smoking accessories. More particularly, itrelates to systems and methods for wrapping and packaging smokableproducts.

BACKGROUND

Throughout history, people have smoked and continue to smoke tobacco andtobacco-related products. In recent history, the popularity of smokableproducts has dramatically risen and therefore the public desire forspecific aromas, scents tastes, and experiences have changed along withthe popularity. It is, of course, generally known for a consumer to wraptheir own cigarettes and cigars. This method and system of developingand creating a particular cigarette is prior art. However, just recentlyhas the market changed such that the creation of other smokable productshas become popular.

Many end users prefer to roll their own smoking articles, such ascigars, cigarettes or the like. Papers or other sheets of material usedas the outer wrapper for smoking articles are commonly made from leavesor pulp derived from a variety of sources, such as, wood, rice,cellulose, flax, plant fibers, packed herbs, palm leaf, tobacco, paperor some combination of the foregoing (collectively referred to herein as“rolling paper”). Rolling papers can be used to roll cigarette tobacco,cigar tobacco, pipe tobacco, tobacco substitutes, herbs, and most anyother similar material. The papers are distributed and sold inindividual packs that include an outer packaging, which typically servesto protect and sometimes preserve the rolling papers therein. Thatpackaging typically maintains the rolling papers in either a basicallyflat or folded shape. In some instances, certain types of paper, suchas, paper made from reconstituted tobacco, is packaged as a rolled tubeof one or more sheets of paper, and in some instances, that tube iswrapped tightly around a plastic straw or other casing as discussedbelow.

Typically, in the case of a consumer producing their own cigarettes, theconsumer buys pre-made cigarette wrappers from a store, and also may buypre-made filler tobacco or related substances of their choice. Theconsumer would proceed to roll the cigarette wrappers around the tobaccofiller of their choice. Further, the consumer may opt to insert a filterat one end of the cigarette, or in the alternative, the consumer may optto delete the filter from the cigarette altogether. However, wrappingand/or creating a cigarette becomes laborious and time consuming. One ofthe biggest problems for a consumer that wrappers his/her own cigarettesoccurs because the cigarette wrapper is sold in packages wherein thewrapper is flat, and therefore difficult to roll over the chosen filler.

A disadvantage of the existing method of making such custom-made cigarsand cigarettes is that a consumer has to be skillful in the rolling ofthe smokable item, that is to have a certain finger dexterity, whichwould allow him/her to make the cigar shell without crushing thesmokable filler therein. Inexperienced people often become frustratedwhen the finished product collapses because the smokable item was notproperly rolled.

Existing packaging and the rolling paper contained therein is thereforeinherently difficult to use and are not conducive to rolling manysmokable articles. Thus, as noted above, there currently exist numerousdeficiencies in packaging for smoking articles that are known in theprior art. A suitable solution is desired.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a front view of a smoking product jacket, according to anembodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a smoking product jacket, according toan embodiment of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The phrases “in one embodiment,” “in various embodiments,” “in someembodiments,” and the like are used repeatedly. Such phrases do notnecessarily refer to the same embodiment. The terms “comprising,”“having,” and “including” are synonymous, unless the context dictatesotherwise. Such terms do not generally signify a closed list.

“Above,” “adhesive,” “affixing,” “any,” “around,” “both,” “bottom,”“by,” “comprising,” “consistent,” “customized,” “enclosing,” “friction,”“in,” “labeled,” “lower,” “magnetic,” “marked,” “new,” “nominal,” “not,”“of,” “other,” “outside,” “outwardly,” “particular,” “permanently,”“preventing,” “raised,” “respectively,” “reversibly,” “round,” “square,”“substantial,” “supporting,” “surrounded,” “surrounding,” “threaded,”“to,” “top,” “using,” “wherein,” “with,” or other such descriptorsherein are used in their normal yes-or-no sense, not as terms of degree,unless context dictates otherwise.

Reference is now made in detail to the description of the embodiments asillustrated in the drawings. While embodiments are described inconnection with the drawings and related descriptions, there is nointent to limit the scope to the embodiments disclosed herein. On thecontrary, the intent is to cover all alternatives, modifications andequivalents. In alternate embodiments, additional devices, orcombinations of illustrated devices, may be added to, or combined,without limiting the scope to the embodiments disclosed herein.

Generally speaking, this application relates to a pre-rolled, backflipstyle smoking product jacket device for use with a smokable item. Asdisclosed, this device may include a roll for containing a smokableproduct and a loose flap of excess paper. The jacket device may includea tip, a hollow portion, and a burn flap. The device tip may beconfigured from cardboard, wood, or glass. The device may be designed togive a user the first-hand experience with a backflip-style rolling orsmoking jacket.

To use, a consumer may simply insert a smokable product into the smokingproduct jacket device. After the device has been loaded, the user mayignite the bottom corner of the burn flap. This type of configurationmay allow for the jacket device to burn more evenly and result in lessproduct waste. In addition, the device may provide a more enjoyableexperience by creating a more visible flame during use.

The device may be distributed or sold in a pack containing one or moresmoking product jacket(s). Each jacket device may be configured in avariety of sizes including, but not limited to, 3 inches, 4 inches, or 8inches in length. Additional embodiments may include alternativecompositions that create special effects upon ignition.

In another embodiment of the present invention, a cigarette jacketincluding a hollow cylindrical tube, a rectangular extending side flaprunning the length of the tube, and an inserted tip at one end of thecylindrical tube is disclosed. The cigarette jacket may include a tipconfigured from, paper, cardboard, wood, or glass. The cylindrical tubemay have a circular cross section. Further, the cylindrical tube may beconfigured as a cone. Further still, the cylindrical tube may have alength between three to four inches and a diameter of approximately 15millimeters. Finally, the cylindrical tube may be configured from hempor paper.

Referring to FIG. 1, a front view of a smoking product jacket 100according to an embodiment of the present invention, is disclosed. Thesmoking product jacket 100 may include a combustible, hollow cylindricaltube 110 having a distal end 111, a proximal end 112, and a diameter 113(illustrated in FIG. 2). The diameter 113 may be approximately 15millimeters (mm), thereby configured to be approximately equal to acigarette. The cylindrical tube 110 may also include a length 116. Thelength 116 of the cylindrical tube 110 may be approximately three (3) tofour (4) inches. The smoking product jacket 100 may also include a sideflap 120, wherein the side flap 120 is attached to an outside surface114 of the cylindrical tube 110. Further, the side flap 120 may beconfigured to extend away from the cylindrical tube 110. In addition,the smoking product jacket 100 may also include a tip 130 attached tothe proximal end 112 of the cylindrical tube 110. The cylindrical tube110 may be configured from hemp or paper. Further, the cylindrical tube110 may be substantially circular or cone-shaped in configuration.Finally, the cylindrical tube 110 may be rolled from a flat sheet 115,wherein the side flap 120 may be a continuation of the rolled flat sheet115.

The side flap 120 of the jacket 100 may include a substantiallyrectangular configuration. The side flap 120 may also be configured toextend outward away from the tube in an approximately perpendicularmanner. The side flap 120 may be configured with length approximatelyequal to that of the hollow cylindrical tube 110. Further, the side flap120 may include a width 121. The width 121 may be approximately equal tothe diameter 113 of the cylindrical tube 110.

The tip 130 of the smoking product jacket 110 is located at the proximalend 112 of the cylindrical tube 110. The tip 130 may further beconfigured from materials such as paper, cardboard, wood, and/or glass.

Referring now to FIG. 2, a perspective view of the smoking productjacket 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, isdisclosed. Here again, the smoking product jacket 100 may include acombustible, hollow cylindrical tube 110 having a distal end 111, aproximal end 112, and a diameter 113. The cylindrical tube 110 may alsoinclude a length 116. As before, the length 116 of the cylindrical tube110 may be approximately three (3) to four (4) inches. The smokingproduct jacket 100 may also include a side flap 120, wherein the sideflap 120 is attached to an outside surface 114 of the cylindrical tube110. Further, the side flap 120 may be configured to extend away fromthe cylindrical tube 110. In addition, the smoking product jacket 100may also include a tip 130 attached to the proximal end 112 of thecylindrical tube 110. The cylindrical tube 110 may be configured fromhemp or paper. Further, the cylindrical tube 110 may be substantiallycircular or cone-shaped in configuration. In the cone-shaped embodiment,the side flap 120 may not extend away from the outside surface 114, butrather wrap around the tube 110 in a staggered formation.

Finally, the cylindrical tube 110 may be rolled from a flat sheet 115,wherein the side flap 120 may be a continuation of the rolled flat sheet115. The side flap 120 of the jacket 100 may include a substantiallyrectangular configuration. The side flap 120 may also be configured toextend outward away from the tube in an approximately perpendicularmanner. The side flap 120 may be configured with length approximatelyequal to that of the hollow cylindrical tube 110. Further, the side flap120 may include a width 121. The width 121 may be approximately equal tothe diameter 113 of the cylindrical tube 110. The tip 130 of the smokingproduct jacket 110 is located at the proximal end 112 of the cylindricaltube 110. The tip 130 may further be configured from materials such aspaper, cardboard, wood, and/or glass.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the foregoing specificexemplary processes and/or devices and/or technologies arerepresentative of more general processes and/or devices and/ortechnologies taught elsewhere herein, such as in the claims filedherewith and/or elsewhere in the present application.

The features described with respect to one embodiment may be applied toother embodiments or combined with or interchanged with the features ofother embodiments, as appropriate, without departing from the scope ofthe present invention.

Other embodiments of the invention will be apparent to those skilled inthe art from consideration of the specification and practice of theinvention disclosed herein. It is intended that the specification andexamples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spiritof the invention being indicated by the following claims.

I claim:
 1. A smoking product jacket comprising: a combustible, hollowcylindrical tube with a distal end, a proximal end and a diameter; aside flap attached to an outside surface of the cylindrical tube, theside flap extending away from the tube; and, a tip attached to theproximal end of the tube.
 2. The smoking product jacket of claim 1wherein the side flap extends outward away from the tube approximatelyperpendicular to the tube.
 3. The smoking product jacket of claim 1wherein the side flap is approximately rectangular and has a widthapproximately equal to the diameter of the cylindrical tube.
 4. Thesmoking product jacket of claim 1 wherein the side flap is approximatelyrectangular with length approximately equal to that of the hollowcylindrical tube.
 5. The smoking product jacket of claim 1 wherein thediameter of the cylindrical tube is approximately that of a cigarette.6. The smoking product jacket of claim 1 wherein the tip is wood.
 7. Thesmoking product jacket of claim 1 wherein the tip is glass
 8. Thesmoking product jacket of claim 1 wherein the hollow cylinder is madefrom hemp or paper.
 9. The smoking product jacket of claim 1 wherein thehollow cylinder is circular.
 10. The smoking product jacket of claim 1wherein the hollow cylinder is cone-shaped.
 11. The smoking productjacket of claim 1 wherein the hollow cylinder is rolled from a flatsheet, and the side flap is a continuation of the roll.
 12. The smokingproduct jacket of claim 1 wherein the cylindrical tube has a lengthbetween approximately three and four inches.
 13. The smoking productjacket of claim 1 wherein the diameter of the cylindrical tube isapproximately 15 mm.
 14. A cigarette jacket comprising a hollowcylindrical tube; a rectangular extending side flap running the lengthof the tube; and an inserted tip at one end of the cylindrical tube. 15.The cigarette jacket of claim 14 wherein the tip is wood or glass. 16.The cigarette jacket of claim 14 wherein the cylindrical tube has acircular cross-section.
 17. The cigarette jacket of claim 14 wherein thecylindrical tube is a cone.
 18. The cigarette jacket of claim 14 whereinthe cylindrical tube's length is between three and four inches, and itsdiameter is 15 mm.
 19. The cigarette jacket of claim 14 wherein thecylindrical tube is hemp or paper.
 20. A method of providing a cigarettejacket comprising: providing a combustible, hollow cylindrical tube witha distal end, a proximal end; providing a side flap attached to anoutside surface of the cylindrical tube, the side flap extending awayfrom the tube; and, providing a tip to the proximal end of thecylindrical tube.